Government of Timor-Leste

Programme Agenda

Launch of the Report on Timor-Leste’s Economic Performance 2025 and Public-Private Sector Dialogue

March 23rd, 2026 | Dili Convention Centre

OPENING CEREMONY AND LAUNCH OF THE 2025 ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT OF TIMOR-LESTE
08:30 – 09:00 a.m.
Registration and arrival of participants

09:00 – 09:05 a.m.
Arrival of the Prime Minister

09:05 – 09:10 a.m.
National Anthem

09:10 – 09:15 a.m.
Corporate Video Presentation of the Central Bank of Timor-Leste

09:15 – 09:25 a.m.
Speech by the Governor of the Central Bank of Timor-Leste and presentation of the macroeconomic summary and analysis from the Timor-Leste Economic Report 2025

09:25 – 09:30 a.m.
Official Launch of the Report on Timor-Leste’s Economic Performance 2025

09:30 – 09:35 a.m.
Speech by the Prime Minister

09:35 – 09:45 a.m.
Cultural performance

PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE

PART ONE: THE GOVERNMENT’S AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE
09:45 – 10:00 a.m.
Government's perspective on the strategy to boost the national economy
Speaker: Vice-Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs

10:00 – 10:10 a.m.
Strategic Planning for National Development
Speaker: Minister for Planning and Strategic Investment

10:10 – 10:20 a.m.
The private sector's perspective on economic reform
Speaker: Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Timor-Leste

10:20 – 10:30 a.m.
The transformation of the agricultural sector into a productive economy
Speaker: Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Forests

10:30 – 10:40 a.m.
Legal certainty for investment
Speaker: Minister of Justice

10:40 – 10:50 a.m.
Fiscal policy and tax reform to stimulate economic growth
Speaker: Minister of Finance

10:50 – 11:00 a.m.
National security and border control in support of the business environment
Speaker: Minister of the Interior

BREAK
11:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Coffee break
 
PART TWO: STRUCTURAL REFORM FOR A MODERN ECONOMY

11:15 – 11:25 a.m.
Digital infrastructure and logistics for a modern economy
Speaker: Minister for Transport and Communications

11:25 – 11:35 a.m.
Natural Resource Management for a Sustainable Economy
Speaker: Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources

11:35 – 11:45 a.m.
Infrastructure and economic growth
Speaker: Minister for Public Works

11:45 – 11:55 a.m.
Trade policy and industrial development
Speaker: Minister for Trade and Industry

PART THREE: FINANCING AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION

11:55 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
Timor-Leste's Economic Integration into ASEAN
Speaker: Vice Minister for ASEAN Affairs

12:05 – 12:15 p.m.
Investment and Export Promotion
Speaker: TradeInvest Timor-Leste

12:15 – 12:25 p.m.
Development of the financial system to support economic diversification
Speaker: Governor of the Central Bank of Timor-Leste

12:25 – 12:35 p.m.
Financing for small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurship
Speaker: National Commercial Bank of Timor-Leste (BNCTL)


BREAK

12:35 – 15:00 p.m.
Lunch and a tour of the booths

 
INTERACTIVE SESSION

15:00 – 15:05 p.m.
BCTL video

15:05 – 17:00 p.m.
Q&A session and discussion

CLOSING

17:00 – 17:10 p.m.
Joint statement on the minutes

17:10 – 17:25 p.m.
Closing remarks

17:25 p.m.
Ending